Dante's Inferno Avarice Quotes & Sayings

For pride and avarice and envy are the three fierce sparks that set all hearts ablaze. — Dante Alighieri

There are seven deadly sins, not just one, and Christianity's understanding of marriage and chastity is intimately bound to its views on gluttony, avarice and pride. (Recall that in the Inferno, Dante consigns gluttons, misers, and spendthrifts to lower circles of hell than adulterers and fornicators.) — Ross Douthat

There, pride, avarice, and envy are the tongues men know and heed, a Babel of depsair — Dante Alighieri